Browsing Archive: January, 2013

With 32ncalves on the ground we are just over half done for the season. Last week was extremely cold here (-30 degrees celcius windchill) so the poor little guys had a rude awakening to the world. Lots of straw and momma's love keep the newborns warm but when the temperature dips this low a little extra protection is needed for the ears.It looks like it is going to be a bull year, of the 32 calves so far, 22 are male! 14 of the calves are purebred angus and 10 of those are male!Eye Candy x ... Continue reading ...

We had the opportunity to visit Atlantic Beef Products today and tour the coolers. We had shipped beef to the plant on Monday so it was interesting to see our carcasses hanging and graded. Thank-you to the management for giving us the tour!Continue reading ...

With AI calving near complete, our natural bred matings are starting to arrive. This In Focus granddaughter had the first purebred calf from our new herdsire Chico Xplosive 8X. A very nice heifer calf came at 1:30 today.

10 calves on the ground so far, with 8 bulls and 2 heifers. There are Eye Candy, Mercedes Benz, and Stocker sired crossbred calves and a Soo Line Kodiak 9194 purebred bull calf and a Red Six Mile Sakic purebred red bull calf. We have also had the first calf out of our latest herdsire Chico Xplosive 8x.